ROCKABYE BABY! | ja

Baby Rock Records transforms timeless rock songs into beautiful instrumental lullabies, sending your little one to a slumberland of sweet dreams. Delicate instruments such as the glockenspiel, vibraphone, mellotron, harp and bells create a soothing atmosphere of sound. These charming recordings are sophisticated enough for everyone to enjoy, yet gentle enough for your little angel. This is cherub rock for a new generation. There are currently 25 Rockabye Baby! albums on the market featuring the songs of Coldplay, Metallica, Radiohead, Tool, Pink Floyd, The Cure, The Beach Boys, Nirvana, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, Queens of the Stone Age, U2, The...

Using instruments such as a 1970s electronic organ, with its typical groove patterns, and some 1980s vintage drum sounds, Vienna based duo Tanz Baby! create a unique atmosphere of otherworldly artificial retro pop. Melancholy, mariachi style trumpets and a dreamy accordion play cool melodies and transport listeners to far away imaginary seashores. David, always wearing a red rose with his signature black suit, croons with great theatricality and draws the audience into a world of love, desire, and despair. Mu, combining rhythms and song structures influenced by Neue Deutsche Welle music, composed the songs with linguistic idioms from such music...

The band was formed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1998 inspired by bands like Kraftwerk, Patti Smith, Lou Reed, Stereolab and Le Tigre. The originally set-up was Jeanette, Haakan, Nina and Christoffer on guitars, A-C on drums and Jessica on a Juno-2...After just some month rehearsal we went in to a studio and recorded our first demo...it sounds...shitty. We had our first concerts...a bit chaotic since none of us was prepared...or in some case too prepared...Haakan and Jeanette was married...A second demo was recorded....yet the sound was not what we wanted...The band split up...Nina, Jeanette and Haakan continued.... searching for a...